Reminds me of a friend who detests all fantasy. The idea of magic and dragons is just an anathema to him.

But he is a huge sci-fi fan because regardless of how fantastical something is, as long as it under the premise that it is somehow, however inexplicable, possible in some vague scientific sense; it is cool and interesting.

I tell him to watch Thrones and just imagine that everything in it is engineered by super advanced aliens who just set it all up for their own amusement. He said he'll think about it.

You missed one Nuke. Little Mermaid has it too. Not only do they talk underwater and speak English to boot - they SING underwater. Beautifully and sonorously. You ever even tried to be understood underwater? Of course not, it just sounds like you are drowning. And this would happen regardless of whether or not you can breathe underwater.

I like a heady shot of realism in my coffee just like Nuke :D, but since zombies aren't really my thing, my recent obsession is with the almost macabre comedy The Heart, She Holler. Anyone watching this besides me?

Well.. my post was totally tongue in cheek. I don't watch fictional tv with any expectations of reality. I want reality.. I go to work.

I haven't got to the point in my life that I'm dour if it doesn't fit within my narrow constraints of what's allowed or what constitutes "entertainment".

i actually like to watch things that aren't "possible".

Half of the stuff I watched as a kid that was impossible.. is now reality.Think outside the box.Some people aren't so constricted by reality and can actually be titillated by zombie movies.. the "what if" factor. We knew it when we were kids... but some have lost it. Reminds me of the The Twilight Zone: The Movie.. the Kick the Can part/segment. Some were to old to remember the magic of fantasy and childhood and thus couldn't revert to children and play kick the can in the dark. they were resigned to watching from the windows of the old folks home. Sad, really.Imagine if Tolkien had no imagination. What a loss that would be....

If I was actually serious about my dislike of such things then it would be very painful indeed to admit I know all the Little Mermaid songs by heart from watching my nieces for my sister when they were little. Love that flick. "Look at this stuff, isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete? Wouldn't you think I'm the girl...." Anyway, I digress.

We knew it when we were kids... but some have lost it. Reminds me of the The Twilight Zone: The Movie.. the Kick the Can part/segment. Some were to old to remember the magic of fantasy and childhood and thus couldn't revert to children and play kick the can in the dark. they were resigned to watching from the windows of the old folks home. Sad, really.

Every since a character in Stand By Me pointed that out, it has bugged me. I had never come to the realization myself.

For some reason, Mickey and the gang always annoyed me, even when we watched the Mousketeers in kindergarten, I knew Mickey and friends weren't my thing. Too cutesy. Give me Bugs and his dysfunctional friends any day.

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